John Thompson
John Thompson
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What he did was the right thing for him. Unfortunately, it has a negative influence on a lot of other people. Going into professional sports and making the money he's made does not close the option for him to still get a formal education. It does close the option for a kid that does not make it. If I'm some kid from the inner-city who has used athletics to motivate myself and I miss, I have no more options.
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What happens when you push the old guys out and put the young guys on the bench? These guys aren't getting a formal education or an informal education. The older guys are getting pushed out for the younger guys, but there's no one to teach them how to carry themselves.
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We know what they're going through. We sympathize with them, ... We're still Southerners and we're still pulling together. It's all sweet tea and casseroles.
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We're seeing more and more partners go global, and I think that's having a big impact in terms of how we, as companies, approach the partner community.
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We have a pager they can call, anonymously, and report animal cruelty, and we'll take it from there.
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A nice well-equipped, state-of-the-art amusement centre of the type we have planned to develop will cost in excess of US$500,000 to get the minimum basic infrastructure to develop the park to its former glory... and we can't find the money, so we need help.
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He just assumed that the time was so short, he hadn't served. He was born before the Great War, he was a child in the Roaring '20s, he graduated about the Depression and he married about World War II. These are very unassuming guys. It was a national responsibility, and you did your job.
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(Commissioners) could work and take some dollars out of this budget if they choose to, and they have a couple months to work on that.
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I understand what they are doing. Microsoft is playing hardball,
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I'd like to sit and talk to him between innings when I'm pitching. It keeps my mind off the game a little. Most of the time, I like to talk not about the game, but something else. The last couple years it was a little hard because Leo wasn't like that. He's really into the game. So I'd talk to whoever sat next to me. We'd talk about anything.
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We are very honored to have won the inaugural USA South Sportsmanship Award, ... Sportsmanship has been an important focus in the league for a number of years and we are proud of, and excited for, all of our student-athletes.
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We are pleased to have completed our audit and filed our Form 10-K, ... We look forward to regaining full compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements by filing our first and second quarter Form 10-Qs.
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We're getting contributions from 10 guys on a regular basis. Scoring is great, but you have to get some rebounds and have guys buying into defensive schemes. So many times guys who score get the press, but the reality is that the last several games have been total team efforts. It's been a lot of fun to watch.
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We expect to hold a communitywide meeting in April or May.